Thank you so much for putting time and effort into your response, I appreciate it a lot! A lot of what you told me about the community at large I had already started to get the feel for, especially the aspect of being close-knit and small. I look forward to exploring the site and community more!

Hi there! I am a student researcher at the University of Michigan who is currently studying online communities. This week are discussion forums and I chose you guys! I've only been on the site a couple of days now, but I feel like this may be a community I stick with long after my class is finished.

In regards to my research, I was wondering if any of you could tell me what some of the contributions users can make and how they are incentivized to interact with/contribute to the community?

Also, if anyone happens to know what the total population on the website is and the total active population that would be lovely!